Props to Correspondent, Farrah Fidler for the Honorable Mention in the illest Heeb Hop collective based outside of Israel, namely Shemspeed, whose roster of artists and events are first-rate.
Oh the joys of social media. Whenever I see something that came out years ago, I always wonder why didn’t I see that? But I’m still really happy that Filipino-Jewish poet Eliyahu Enriquez posted this video on his blog. The video is a clip from the full-length documentary Naf - A Street Kid, which can be found here.
Also, Matthue Roth expresses his flattery for the poem dedication in the same blog breath as Patrick A. aka Punk Torah of the band Can Can:
And, also under the heading of people whose company I am humbled to be in: Eliyahu Enriquez, whose poetry continues to slay me every time he gets on a stage, shouts me out in a new poem
I've all ready included "Ontological Anarchy" in the final draft of Mad Kamp (I'm waiting until the very last minute to complete my latest deadline and submit it to The Publisher). Here's the text and accompanying spec:
Ontological Anarchy
For Matthue Roth and Naftali Yawitz
When Elijah prayed
You sent fire
And charged him
To care
For a widow and orphan.
What I got was asylum.
I got angry,
Despised my roots,
So I became orphaned.
In every generation
Since the Temple's destruction
Prophets go unemployed.
We just don't get —
What we deserve.
On behalf of Rain
(My perpetual pup)
I will cease
To believe in Weathermen.
Farrah happens to also be one of the featured Performance Poets in Taglit Birthright-Monologues. Here's a video I captured of her spoken word skillz, in promotion of the touring memoirs from Israel:
In Search of Sabras
Sources:
Shemspeed Official Website
Shemspeed on MySpace
Shemspeed on YouTube
Notes:
Shemspeed Official Website
Shemspeed on MySpace
Shemspeed on YouTube
Notes:
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Check out Benyamin Brody's latest single, Bar Yochai on MySpace!
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Update [5/2/09]:
I've been in a season of honoring invitations, so I attended Matthue's show @ the Bronfman Center. Shemspeed Artist, Y-Love was in the Hillel House, undoubtedly stoked for the coming week, tweeting the gig (he and his escort's boots were quite intimidating and trend-setting, in a subversively innovative way).
Matthue's set, in front of a largely NYU audience - who took a time out from preparing for Finals to support him - was noticably charged, best described as Trench Mouth, based on my sphere of the contentious universe recently.
Itta graciously accepted 100 shekalim for Matthue's Yom Kippur a go-go. The accompanying autograph by Matthue was doubly astonishing, like Elisha's supernatural exploits: "To Eliyahu - who makes Judaism alive and G✡d electric." Shavua tov, firebrands.
Check out Benyamin Brody's latest single, Bar Yochai on MySpace!
Previous:
Chibi Vision's Love Child: Props from Matthue
Review of Shemspeed Artist, Benyamin Brody and his debut album, Shir Ha Shirim
Update [5/2/09]:
I've been in a season of honoring invitations, so I attended Matthue's show @ the Bronfman Center. Shemspeed Artist, Y-Love was in the Hillel House, undoubtedly stoked for the coming week, tweeting the gig (he and his escort's boots were quite intimidating and trend-setting, in a subversively innovative way).
Matthue's set, in front of a largely NYU audience - who took a time out from preparing for Finals to support him - was noticably charged, best described as Trench Mouth, based on my sphere of the contentious universe recently.Itta graciously accepted 100 shekalim for Matthue's Yom Kippur a go-go. The accompanying autograph by Matthue was doubly astonishing, like Elisha's supernatural exploits: "To Eliyahu - who makes Judaism alive and G✡d electric." Shavua tov, firebrands.
